Hi guys.
This is actually two questions.
Firstly, is a 360 radiator, similiar thickness to that of a H100, enough to cool an I5 3570K and a GTX 660 non ti adequately? I don't know the fin density as my uncle gave it to me and I don't know the make and model.
Right now, I have it cooling my 3570k only, with 3 Corsair SP120 quiet editions in pull, and temperatures are fine, rarely rises above 50 degrees on 100% load.
So yeah, do you reckon it will be able to handle my GPU aswell?
Secondly, I need advice on how to clean my radiator. When I recieved it, it was absolutely clogged with dust, as in you couldnt even see through it, and it had about 1cm of dust on top of that. I managed to clean it so that you can now see through it, but nearly every fin has a reasonable layer of hard dust on it, which surely will affect temperatures and slow down heat transfer? I ended up building my loop with the radiator like this because I couldn't be bothered to clean it completely, but when I next take apart my loop I want to do this.
Whilst in my case, I tried using an old toothbrush (carefully though as I didn't want to bend the fins) and even a fine, stiff paint brush, but even with this, the fins would bend before the dust would come off.
I don't have any compressed air, but seeing the amount of force needed to remove the dust and that fact that the metal fins will bend before the dust comes off, will compressed air work? I will buy it if you guys think it will.
Thanks guys.